Netherlands women's national football team
Nickname(s) | Oranje (Orange) Leeuwinnen (Lionesses)[1] | ||
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Association | Royal Dutch Football Association (Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Arjan van der Laan[2] | ||
Captain | Mandy van den Berg | ||
Most caps | Annemieke Kiesel (156)[3] | ||
Top scorer | Manon Melis (57)[4] | ||
FIFA code | NED | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 12 (25 September 2015)[5] | ||
Highest | 11[5] (December 2014) | ||
Lowest | 20[5] (June 2008) | ||
First international | |||
France 4–0 Netherlands (Hazebrouck, France; 17 April 1971) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Netherlands 12–0 Israel (Zaandam, Netherlands; 22 August 1977) Netherlands 13–1 North Macedonia (Zwolle, Netherlands; 28 October 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Sweden 7–0 Netherlands (Borås, Sweden; 26 September 1981) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2015) | ||
Best result | Round of 16 (2015) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2009) | ||
Best result | 3rd (2009) |
The Netherlands women's national football team (Template:Lang-nl) represents the Netherlands in international women's association football and is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA.
In 1971, the team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.[6] They have played at the final tournament of the 2009 and 2013 UEFA Women's Championship and reached third place in 2009. They have also played at the final tournament of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and reached thirteenth place.
The nicknames for the team are Oranje (Orange) and Leeuwinnen (Lionesses).[1] Arjan van der Laan is the team's coach, after being appointed in October 2015 as successor of Roger Reijners who stepped down.[2] Since March 2015, the team is ranked number 12 in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.
History
On 17 April 1971, the Dutch team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.[7] The match took place in Hazebrouck, France and resulted in a 4-0 defeat for the Netherlands.
In 1980s and 1990s, the team failed to qualify for the final tournaments of UEFA's European Championship and later also for the FIFA's World Championship. The team qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 and reached third place together with Norway, after England (second place) and Germany (first place). This is the team's best result at an international tournament to date.[8] The team again qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, but did not advance after the group stage.
The team qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and reached thirteenth place, after having lost their first match in the knockout stage to Japan. As host country, the Dutch team has automatically qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Despite of this, the women's team has not been noticed, since the men's was getting famous for 2014 FIFA World Cup's success, but the men's team's disastrous campaign of UEFA Euro 2016, by being eliminated from the qualification, has forced the Netherlands to take more notice on the women's team.[citation needed]
Tournament record
World Cup
On 27 November 2014, the Netherlands women's national football team qualified to the final tournament of the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.[9]
Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1991 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
1995 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
1999 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
2003 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
2007 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
2011 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
2015 | Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Total | 1/7 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
European Championship
The Netherlands failed to qualify for the final tournament of the UEFA Women's Championship from 1984 to 2005. In 2009, the Dutch women's team qualified and reached third place, which is their best tournament result.[10] In 2013, they qualified again, but did not advance after the group stage.[11]
Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws* | Losses | GF | GA |
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1984** | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1987 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1989 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1991 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1993 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1995 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1997 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2001 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2005 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2009 | Third place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
2013 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | Qualified | ||||||
Total | 3/12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
- * Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- ** Missing flag indicates no host country.
Current squad
Squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[12]
Head coach: Roger Reijners
Coaches
- Piet Buter (1987–1989)
- Bert van Lingen (1989–1991)
- Jan Derks (1991–1994)
- Ruud Dokter (1995–2000)
- Frans de Kat (2001–2004)
- Vera Pauw (2004–2010)[13][14]
- Roger Reijners (2010–2015)[15][14]
- Sarina Wiegman (2015)[2]
- Arjan van der Laan (2015–present)[2]
Overall official record
- All results list the Netherlands goal tally first.
- Goal scorers are sorted alphabetically.
Abbreviation Key table | |
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EC | European Championship (Women's Euro) |
WC | World Cup |
OG | Olympic Games |
QS | Qualification tournament |
References
- ^ a b Women's football in the Netherlands, Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Van der Laan replaces Reijners as Dutch coach". UEFA. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Van Praag riddert Kiesel-Griffioen" (in Dutch). onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand and Netherlands clash for first World Cup win". Reuters. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Netherlands: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, FIFA. Retrieved on 10 July 2015.
- ^ "The women's football World Cup is about to start. Here's the lowdown on the Oranje Lionesses - DutchNews.nl". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "The women's football World Cup is about to start. Here's the lowdown on the Oranje Lionesses - DutchNews.nl". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ uefa.com. "UEFA Women's EURO 2009 - History - – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Italy–Netherlands playoff match". UEFA. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ UEFA Women's EURO 2009, UEFA. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
- ^ Group B, UEFA. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
- ^ 2015 World cup roster
- ^ Template:Nl icon "De loopbaan van Vera Pauw", Intermediair, 2009. Retrieved on 3 July 2014.
- ^ a b Template:Nl icon Hugo Logtenberg, "Roger Reijners nieuwe bondscoach vrouwenelftal", de Volkskrant, 2010. Retrieved on 3 July 2014.
- ^ Template:Nl icon Spelers en Staf: Vrouwen A-elftal, Ons Oranje. Retrieved on 2 July 2014.
External links
- Media related to Netherlands women's national association football team at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- FIFA profile